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Owen Buckley, Managing Partner, LANE4 Property Group, which specializes in commercial real-estate within the retail sector. Q. A number of encouraging metrics indicate economic activity is picking up on multiple fronts, even if slowly. Will it come in time to…
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Nearly three weeks after reopening its stores in Omaha and Dallas, Nebraska Furniture Mart did the same for its Kansas City-area location over the Memorial Day weekend. If the pent-up demand for home furnishings is an indication, the retail sector…
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Month-over-month April new-home sales were up 0.6 percent after a downturn that took place from the outbreak of COVID-19. Says Zillow: "The coronavirus pandemic has generated any number of nasty surprises over the past few months, but the unexpected strength…
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Rental-car company Hertz has filed for bankruptcy after a major sales downturn that was fueled by COVID-19. "The impact of Covid-19 on travel demand was sudden and dramatic, causing an abrupt decline in the company's revenue and future bookings," said…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has a bill in front of her driven by the state's chamber of commerce that would restrict lawsuits against businesses due to COVID-19 concerns. A bill was passed by the Kansas Legislature on Friday, and the…
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Oil prices are gaining some ground after weeks of near-all-time-lows since the outbreak of COVID-19, due to the reduction of travel and the transportation of goods. It comes as Wall Street is set for a big uptick, and the New…
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If you’re sufficiently determined, and not particularly time-challenged, you can rummage around the voluminous files of the National Archives and eventually, you’ll come across this item: Hand, Sammy, hospital apprentice 1st class, USN. Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Francis Hand,…
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Wyandotte County, the COVID-19 hotspot for Kansas since the onset of the pandemic, has new evidence that containment efforts are bringing the illness under control. At a news briefing this morning, physician Allen Greiner of the Unified Government's health…
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L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret, said it will close 250 of those stores due to them being shut for months due to COVID-19 and the resulting revenue loss. Meanwhile, the company is also closing Bath & Body…
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Flights at Kansas City International Airport are expected to fall in June, with 100 less daily departures year over year, due to COVID-19. There are about 20 routes suspended, which will result in 108 fewer daily departures and 14,791 fewer…
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